GSP-Hendricks hit the big screen: UFC 167 to be shown in theaters

As the promotion has done for several past events, UFC 167 will be available in select theaters as part of a deal with Fathom Events.

UFC 167 takes place Nov. 16 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and features a main event welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and top contender Johny Hendicks.

The event is scheduled to be shown at more than 350 movie theaters in the United States.

“UFC fans will want to experience GSP and Hendricks going head-to-head in UFC 167 on the big screen,” stated Dan Diamond, senior vice president of NCM Fathom Events. “Audiences will feel like they have a ringside seat with every move these fighters make. The only way to get closer to the action would be to get in the octagon.”

The UFC’s most recent venture into theaters came with UFC 154 this past November, which featured St-Pierre in a title unification win over then-interim champ Carlos Condit. Prior to that, the UFC had occasional pay-per-views in theaters through Fathom Events starting with UFC 111, which took place in March 2010 in Newark, N.J., for a welterweight title fight between St-Pierre and Dan Hardy. The two teamed up again for UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a headliner of Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin, which would prove to be Liddell’s final fight. And UFC 121’s heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez also aired in theaters.

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